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Hey guys! So this week I was feeling the need to write something very, very fluffy. So without further ado, this is my take on one of my favorite tropes. I hope y'all enjoy! Stay nerdy!​--Little Snake

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“Earth to Joey,” A hand waves in front of my face, breaking my concentration. I look over at the offending face attached to the offending hand. My friend, Molly, takes one look at my red cheeks and smirks.She glances over her shoulder, “Go talk to her already! You’ve been staring at her since we got here and it’s starting to get awkward.” I blush even harder.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” even I can tell that my lie is pathetic.Really?” Molly’s eyes shift to the upside down book I have propped open in front of me.“You’re hopeless, you understand that right? Go. Talk. To. Her.” The ‘her’ my best friend is talking about, is currently standing a few feet away from us - next to one of the library’s bookshelves. Her eyes crinkle around the edges and a quiet laugh escapes her as she reads the book in her hands.

Faintly, I hear a sigh. The snap of Molly’s fingers next to my face startle me out of my thoughts… again.“I want to revise my earlier statement. You are completely hopeless.” Molly laughs at me and I glare at her, but I don’t really mean it. I drag my hand through the blue curls on top of my head, before lying my head down on the table with a huff.‘Even if I wanted to,” I start, “I don’t have time. I have to study for a very important test!” I gesture to the book in my hands. Although, I don’t think she believes me as the book is still upside down.“Joey, you and I both know that you’re not studying,” she says exasperatedly. It’s true, most of my “studying” consists of saying I’m going to read the textbook and then eating pizza instead. The last final of my first year of college is coming up, I reason with myself, so maybe I will study this time.“You have your thinking face on, but I can tell you that whatever your thinking is not going to stop me from getting you to talk to her,” Molly points a finger at me and narrows her eyes. Oh boy, she’s serious.She gestures at me, “You’ve got to believe in yourself, You’re hot stuff!”“Molly!” I exclaim which earns a glare from the librarian. The pretty girl with the book looks over as well. She meets my eyes and I look away with an even bigger blush on my face. When I finally have the nerve to look up again, she has gone back to reading her book. Her cheeks look a little red but that’s probably just my imagination. “If you don’t go talk to her,” Molly says, looking very pleased with herself, “I will bring her over here. I’m counting to three. One… Two… Thr-”“Okay, Okay! I’m getting up!” My chairs screeches as its pushed backwards. Which earns another glare from the librarian. I smile sheepishly and apologize, before taking a deep breath and walking over to the girl. Luckily, it seems as if she missed the screaming chair.Slowly but surely, I make my way over to her. Before I make it to her, I accidentally run into the bookshelf causing her to look up. Her green eyes meeting mine.“Um…” I start and I can hear Molly giggling behind me, “I noticed the book you were reading. It’s actually one of my favorites. I’ve read it like five times. Is this your first time reading it? Have you gotten to the part where - oh, I don’t want to spoil it but it’s really good and I think I’m rambling so I’m going to stop now.” I look down at my feet and the back of my neck starts heating up. I hear a laugh in front of me and it can only be described as musical.Shocked, I look up.“No, no, it’s fine.” She closes the book and hugs it to her chest, “You’re right, this book is amazing and I’m reading it for the second time because the movie is coming out in a few days.” Her eyes light up as we continue to talk about the book.Suddenly, she stops and looks alarmed, “Where are my manners? I don’t even know your name yet and I’m talking your ear off. My name is Casey. What’s yours?” She smiles and waits. It takes me a minute to recognize that she asked me a question and I can almost picture Molly face-palming.“Oh! My name is Josephina, but most people call me Joey for short,” I tell Casey, “the story is actually kind of funny. When my mom was pregnant with me, the doctor said that they were going to have a boy. So Joey was what they were going to name me but then I was born and I am most certainly not a boy. Anyways, my parents panicked and named me Josephina after some great aunt that I supposedly have, but I’ve never actually seen her.”I pause to take a breath, “I’m rambling again, aren’t I?”“It’s okay. It’s actually kind of cute,” Molly says. This time I know I’m not imagining the blush on her face.“Did I say that out loud?” She asks quietly, and I nod, “I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to say that! It’s just, I noticed you when you came into the library and I was hoping you would come talk to me and then you did, but I’ve probably just made it awkward.” We stand in uncomfortable silence for a second; neither of us knowing what to say next. Inside my head, I’m still trying to process that she thinks my rambling is cute.I take a deep breath and muster all the courage I have. “I noticed you too, but I was too nervous to do anything. My friend - the weird one staring at us over there - encouraged me to come talk to you.” Casey glances behind me. Molly waves and gives her a thumbs up.Casey looks back at me and smiles, “She seems very nice.”I laugh, “Trust me, you don’t want to get on her bad side. We once played truth or dare and long story short: I now have blue hair.” Casey snorts and quickly covers her mouth. I start laughing even harder and eventually she joins. Needless to say, I think we made it onto the librarian’s hit list. We calm down after a moment, both of us having to wipe tears away.“So,” Casey starts, “like I said before, there is a new movie coming out. Would you maybe want to come see it with me?” Internally, I’m jumping for joy. Externally, I just nod and smile.“I would love to,” I tell her, “Let me get a piece of paper and I’ll write my number down.” We exchange numbers and with one last smile, we say goodbye and I go back to the table and a grinning Molly.Later, as I’m heading to my afternoon class, I get a text.Casey:Hi Josephina! This is Casey. If you’re still up for it, there’s a showing of the movie this Friday. I’ll buy the tickets if you’ll be on popcorn duty!I smile and start to text back. Before I can, I get another text.Casey:P.S. I think the blue hair suits you.

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